Been reliably red for three decades. But baldersons team says he was able to hold his own and do well enough to eke out a win. And hes paid special thanks to President Trump. Id like to thank President Trump. America is on the right path, and were going to keep it going that way. Reporter again, this was a race that too close to comfort for many republicans, and its a race thats soon to be repeated. Both candidates will face each other again come november. Jason carol reporting there. Well, Democrat Danny Oconnor was up beat when he spoke to his supporters late tuesday, and he took a swipe at President Trump. We made our case for change. Were going to make that case tomorrow. Were not stopping now. Tomorrow we rest, and then we keep fighting through to
A recap of the days news. Gets checked. 8,500 votes roughly still to be counted and sorted out. The Secretary Of State says 5,048 outstanding Absentee Ballots, 3,500 provisional ballots. The question is does it change this . In most elec
maybe a little. but that s all balderson really needed. when he endorsed balderson, and we ve seen this happen in several races across the country, there is a trump effect. he has a very loyal base. it s a majority of the republican party. when he endorses a candidate, wave seen it again and again and we saw it today in several states, it drives out the republican base, the conservative base that are loyal to trump they come out and they basically act upon his direction. in this case they voted as he suggested for mr. balderson. and would you say the ohio special election was a referendum on the trump presidency as some have suggested? not entirely, no. because the democrat didn t make trump an issue. he knew that it s a republican district and that trump is very popular in that district and voted for him by 11 points. so the democrat did not run on the issue of donald trump.
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